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The judge who will choose whether admitted killer Samantha Morgan-Major will live or die says he needs time to make that decision. Circuit Court Judge Roger Young told the courtroom Friday that his decision will not be based on passion or compassion, but upon a sober reflection of the facts.
The 24-year-old admitted to the brutal murder of brain-damaged and physically disabled Brett Kinney in May of 2004. Kinneys family became emotional at several points throughout the five-day sentencing phase, oftentimes having to leave the courtroom. But Friday, for the first time, Morgan-Major appeared to show emotion as the final arguments were made in her defense.
I am scared. And I, your honor, do not want to die, she read in a statement to the judge.
Judge Roger Young heard a different plea Friday from Morgan-Major. After admitting to the gruesome killing of brain-damaged and physically disabled Brett Kinney, she told police she wanted her life to end.
I want the death penalty, she said, in a recorded confession days after the murder. I want either lethal injection or electric chair.
http://www.wsav.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSAV/MGArticle/SAV_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149189304440&path=%21frontpage
The 24-year-old admitted to the brutal murder of brain-damaged and physically disabled Brett Kinney in May of 2004. Kinneys family became emotional at several points throughout the five-day sentencing phase, oftentimes having to leave the courtroom. But Friday, for the first time, Morgan-Major appeared to show emotion as the final arguments were made in her defense.
I am scared. And I, your honor, do not want to die, she read in a statement to the judge.
Judge Roger Young heard a different plea Friday from Morgan-Major. After admitting to the gruesome killing of brain-damaged and physically disabled Brett Kinney, she told police she wanted her life to end.
I want the death penalty, she said, in a recorded confession days after the murder. I want either lethal injection or electric chair.
http://www.wsav.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSAV/MGArticle/SAV_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149189304440&path=%21frontpage